Improved animal-trap



duits-d stattet @tutti @imita HENRY PATTISON, OF DUCK CREEK, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No. 91,363, dated .Tune 15, 1869.

IMPROVE!) ANIMAL-TRAP.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thelame.

` .and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,

clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specica'tion, in which-Figure 1 isa top view-of myimproved trap,partly in section, through theline :v-x, tig. 2.

Figure 2 is a detail vertical section of the same, taken through theline y-y, g'. 1.

, Similar letters of 'reference'indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish au improved animal-trap,simple in construction and effect# ive inoperation, catching and cagingthe animals in such a Way as not to alarm the other animals stilluncaught, and which shall also be self-setting; and

It consists in the construction and combination of various parts of thetrap, as hereinafter more :fully described. I y

A represents the trap, which is divided into two compartments, by thepartition B and inclined wheel O, as shown in iigs. 1 and 2. y

The wheel C is attached to the shaft E,`pivoted, in an inclinedposition, to the upper and lower parts of the trap, so as to give suchan vinclination to the said wheel- C that the Weight of the animalcaught will revolve it.

F is a lever, pivoted to the wheel 0 in such a position that its raisedlighter end-may be directly under the suspended bait, so that theanimal, in trying to reach the bait, may step upon it, and thus raiseits other or heavier end.

G is a trigger, one end of which is pivoted to the side of the trap A,and its other end crosses 'the heavier end of the lever F, and restsagainst the stop H attached to the wheel O, so as to hold the wheelstationary until released by the .animal stepping upo the raised end ofthe lever F.

. As the wheel'is revolved by the weight of the animal, the Wing, orange I, attached to the edge of the wheel 0, movesjorward from itsposition, closing the opening, or passage in the partition B, uncoveringthe said hole, or opening, and covering the hole D, in the side of thetrap A, through which the animal enters.

As the wheel O begins to move, the animal, being alarmed, seeks toescape, and rushes through the opening in the partition B into the othercompart- 'ment of the trap.

As soon as the wheel C is released from the weight of the animal, it isagain revolved back to its former position by the weight K, attached tothe under side, again setting the trap. r

The only opening the animal can find in the compartment of the trap inwhich he now is, is that which leads into the passage L, the other endof which opens into the cage M.

lhe opening leading in'to the cage M is closed by a drop-gate, N,constructed and arranged, as slown in tig. 2, in sucha Way that it maybe easily opened by the animal passing into the said trap, but cannot beopened by him to pass out.

The passage L should be of such a length as to remove any suspicion onthe part of the uncaught animals that there can be any connectionbetween the said cage and the trap A.

The cage M should be provided with an aperture, protected'with agrating, through which the nncaught animals can see their imprisonedfellow, and thus, while seeking to avoid the harmless cage, may enter,without suspicion, the fatal trap.

The suspicion of the animals, with reference to the trap A, should bestill further lulled, by making the entrance-hole D, of said trap A, ofsuch a formas the animal, taught by instinct, would know for himself.

Having thus described my invention,

y What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the weighted wheel C, lever F, trigger G, stop H,wing, or ilange I, and partition B, with each other, and with the trap Aand entrance D,

substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose setforth.

HENRY PATTISON. Witnesses:

J. B. PORTER, Y J. O. ROBE.

